The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1887-03-30
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wnErLINa, W. VA, MARCH 30. 1897.
The I%nteiiIgencer, tho ssnatorsliip and tho
l,epublICnn Party.

lStpnbliCIth NrLys
The IS%rILLIoRNcgn Is Republicsn-Rc-
publican from principle. 1t aeeks by all
honorable means to make the principles
effective by advocating policies which will
bring TO the Republican party success. 1t
does It's own thinking and Ndmits respon-
ability only to its own scnse Of right. 1t
endeavors 10 respect the rights and opin-
ious OF It's contemporaries, OF whatever
party. II does this without being subger-
Went to anybody.
Particularly, the lN~TELLIGENcGR doesn't
wait until others fight the battle,
and then come in to share. the vic.
tory. 1t doesn't keep client until
the victory ia won, aud then with u blare
OF trumpe!s claim all tho honor. 1t has no
fear OF its custom and doesn't gauge its
words according to the dollars and cent?
which may or may not come into its
pocket. Clamor and cant amount to
nothing in politics as i'll religion. 1t truets
to continue in such q course as will de-
servo the respect Of is readers. 1t can
strike q foe when no is vulnerable in his
amor, but it does it fairly and frankly
without putting or p%retence. II endeav-
ora to mako war upon its o%pponenta in
their public and repreeen tatiye capacity,
rather than upon personal or paasionsl
grounds. In a word, the INrgLL1GEEcER
tries to vindicate respectable journalism
by being fsir snd courteous to all men,
whether it agrees with them in opinion
or not.
10 illuotr8te: The IST%ELLIGEScER op.
poses Mr.. Camden for the Senatorship be-
cause he represents principles and meth
DDS with which the ISTELLIoESCEE cannot
agree. Mr.. Camden, in the recent ScnG-
torial contest, endea-ored to secure his
election by the sid Of Republican votes.
We decidedly objected to thia method"
and we naid so. We did not believe it
was policy for the Republicans in the
Legislature to commit such q political
mistake. We said 60, time and time
again. But when Republicans whom the
Is~rELLIaENcER knows to be honest voted
for Mr.. Camden, We did not abuse them
either by open accusation or by covert
i%nsinustion.:
This ia O party ofeuse OF WHICH 40 arc
accused By the brszan e~fTr0ntory oi some
who disagreed with the ISTELLIGRScER,
and who, but ior the exposure Of the IN.
T%ELLIGERcgR would have bsen persuaded
By Mr.. Camden's plausibi!isy. For this
We have no apologies TO make. We
have not followed up the personal feature
OF this affair, but it has u personal feature
Of q highly interesting nature. It is por.
mittel to pgss for the present because this
course is most likely to contribute to the
welfare OF the Republican party. MI.
Camden and his friends give the ISrELLl-
GEHcER the credit Of his defeat. Be this
as it may, We he'd rather have this kind
Of o compliment than the c~ommenuation
ofsomo who are trying 10 fly very high on
very weak pinions.
1t may be that Nlr. Camden will be-
elected to the Senate OF the United States
at,the extra session OF the Legislature. II
30 we prefer that he should be elected by
Democratic votes. But We must at the
same time be frank pnd cay that, unless
the rank and file ara vigilant he may yet
be elected by Republican votes. Our
readeru know that We would regard this
as suicidal and fatal to every dictate OF
party policy looking to gucCee1 in the
future.
In any event let Republicans stand
together and stand GIooi from "entangling
alliances" Tha. way lies certain safety
and probable SUCCESS in 1855. II the
Democrats come together and elect Mr..
Camden, mat will not disrupt the Repub.
loan party.